Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
My brother is a very ______ musician
A) The most talented
B) Talented
C) More talented
D) Talent

Answer 1

Hint: Adjectives are words that describe a noun or a pronoun. For example: bright, brave, happy, young etc.
Three degrees of adjectives:
Positive: example – rich, handsome , good
Comparative: use to compare one noun to another (only two items are being compared). Example – “the blue bird is prettier than the robin”.
Superlative: when two or more things are compared. This usually means –est is added to the end. Example: tallest, smallest, hardest etc.

Complete Answer:
In the given sentence, the subject's brother is being given a quality. The brother is not being compared to others or being called the best. Thus, the answer must be an adjective of positive degree.
>Option A) The most talented is an incorrect answer. 'The most talented' is an adjective in the superlative degree. Since we need a positive degree adjective, it cannot be used. Hence, this is an incorrect option.
>Option B) Talented is the correct answer. Because, 'talented' is a positive degree of adjectives. It simply assigns the brother the quality of being talented as a musician. Thus, it is the correct answer. My brother is a very talented musician.
>Option C) More talented is an incorrect answer because 'more talented' is a comparative degree adjective. Thus, it is used to compare the subject to others. Since comparing is not the purpose of the sentence, it is an incorrect answer.
>Option D) Talent is an incorrect answer because 'talent' is not an adjective but a noun. We require an adjective to describe the kind of musician the brother is. Thus, 'talent' is an incorrect answer.

Hence option ‘B’ is the correct answer.

Note: It is very important in understanding the proper usage of adjectives and we should understand the degrees of adjectives that how to use and where to use.